| Show SHOWS SHUNS ENERGY OF SNAKE RIVER Best W Ways ar of Conserving Water Vater Also Noted Xu In Addre Address POCATELLO J oc ocT T Idah Idaho Feb 26 if By The Th Pr Press Press- Press S Use of ot the wat water r of Snake rIver for pow power r purposes especially above American Fall Falls somewhat conflicts with Its for tor use use- Irrigation Ion lion tion Clyde Clyd Baldwin of Idaho Fails 1 attached d to tho th United States Slates blo- blo biological logical survey J- J JL told delegates at at Joint L tending the coner conference nce on Irrigation Irritation and engineering here this afternoon This is 15 especially true during the non IrrigatIng season oIl Mr BaldwIn said said because the th desire In one on case cas Is to maintain a lra trady fy flow Clow of Qt water and In the theother theother theother other to- to to impound pound It unlit tho greater summer demand arises ThIs conflict of Interests does not exist to so great an extent where the power Is I used for irrigation 1 j he be Mr Ur Baldwins Baldwin's ald address dealt with the possibilities of developing power and use us of water for tor Irrl Irrl patton gatlon purposes purpose and confined largely to conditions existing on the Snake river above American rails ralls IR OF S back to the water shortage of HOS 1905 the speaker s said ld hc first large irrigatIon storage reservoIr was created the follow follow- followIng following ing year by the construction of the temporary crib dam at Jack Jack- Jackson Jackson Jackson son lake Other Impounding con con- construction con construction was s I mentioned and ret ret- ref made to several others which may moy be b undertaken soon lIoon lie he added thus preventing any waste water flowing past puL dam Conservation of of the present sup sup- supply supply sup supply ply can be b achieved by the tot tot- to fol lowing means according to Mr 11 Baldwin Reduction of transmission losses In natural streams main canals laterals and Individual ditches Better Beller preparation of ot farm farmlands farmlands farmlands lands cultivating and mulching with fertilizer Readjustment of ot farm arm ditches to perm permit It the application of water In large larf heads and with shorter runs More extensive use ule pt pf f rotation of of system of water deliver delivery Moro More scientific application both as to time and amount in inthe Inthe the pf pt cache eacho crop Watching the water and md using It more effectively at night and by still other economics which do donot donot donot not occur to me Immediately CALIFORNIA IA EX EXAM Most of these thes conservatIon measures require an Increase In either thought labor or expendi upend expenditure I- I Iture ture or perhaps au all three thre In com corn comparison comparison parison to present practice but many of them have already be been n adopted and used to advantage In sections like southern California where the tho th water ater supply Is I more limited and has a greater unit value than Is now the th case cas with Is Food Is necessary ary to sustain life and the use uso of water to In- In In crease Its lis It production through ire jr lr Is therefore second only In importance to the domestic or direct use Furthermore our so- so called o-called called arid arld west Is full tull of pros pros- prosperous prosperous J erous farming communities towns and cities which afford ex- ex examples ex examples amples of the th general constructive growth and development which and Is directly due to Irrigation YOn FOR CITY SUPPLY The speaker called attention to the necessity of of preserving the water resources of the section for or domestic use at Pocatello Black Black- Blackfoot Blackfoot foot Black foot and Idaho Falls as these communities grow crow and said sail that ultimately some torn plan would be evolved ol to convey the water of Big Springs Spring to these municipalities municipalities ties |
